print.nc {RNetCDF} | R Documentation |
Print summary information about a NetCDF dataset.
print.nc(x, ...)
x |
Object of class " |
... |
Arguments passed to or from other methods (not used). |
This function prints information about a NetCDF dataset. This includes a list of all dimensions and their length, a list of all variables and their attributes (including their values) and a list of all global attributes (including their values).
The output of this function is almost identical with a "ncdump -h"
call. Because arrays in R have their leftmost subscript varying fastest, the fastest varying dimensions are printed first.
Pavel Michna
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/
## Create a new NetCDF dataset and define two dimensions nc <- create.nc("print.nc") dim.def.nc(nc, "station", 5) dim.def.nc(nc, "time", unlim=TRUE) ## Create two variables, one as coordinate variable var.def.nc(nc, "time", "NC_INT", "time") var.def.nc(nc, "temperature", "NC_DOUBLE", c(0,1)) ## Put some attributes att.put.nc(nc, "temperature", "missing_value", "NC_DOUBLE", -99999.9) att.put.nc(nc, "temperature", "long_name", "NC_CHAR", "air temperature") att.put.nc(nc, "NC_GLOBAL", "title", "NC_CHAR", "Data from Foo") att.put.nc(nc, "NC_GLOBAL", "history", "NC_CHAR", paste("Created on", date())) ## Print summary information about the dataset print.nc(nc) close.nc(nc)